# Independent

For reckless creatives who take the world into their own proactive hands.

The Trials of Post-Production: An Indie Filmmaker’s Dilemma, Part 1

The Trials of Post-Production: An Indie Filmmaker’s Dilemma, Part 1

"... we went this far, let's not leave anything unturned."

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9 min read

Interview: Problem-Solving Producer Linda Burns

Interview: Problem-Solving Producer Linda Burns

"Over time, I realized, you have to read between the lines."

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1 min read

Interview: Screenwriter and Filmmaker Javier Solórzano Casarin

Interview: Screenwriter and Filmmaker Javier Solórzano Casarin

From documentaries to commercials to feature films, Javier Solórzano Casarin takes us on a step-by-step retelling of how his love for filmmaking grew into a lifetime passion.

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1 min read

The Web Series is Dead, Long Live the Indie Series

The Web Series is Dead, Long Live the Indie Series

Someone, eventually, is going to take a risk on a show they don’t have to invest heavily into. Maybe one that’s already made?

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6 min read

Q&A: Filmmaker Allison Norlian

Q&A: Filmmaker Allison Norlian

I remember the intense emotionality of that day—there wasn't a dry eye in the room.

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9 min read

Damian Lahey Shares Insights on the Indie Filmmaking Landscape

Damian Lahey Shares Insights on the Indie Filmmaking Landscape

If you’re a filmmaker, you’re either creating content or over in the corner crying.

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9 min read

How To Make a Short Film Without Going (Totally) Crazy

How To Make a Short Film Without Going (Totally) Crazy

Just because a film is short doesn’t mean that it’s easy or cheap to produce. Like any film, it’s a complex, potentially stressful, and complicated undertaking.

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7 min read

Creating Micro-Content for the Win

Creating Micro-Content for the Win

Friends and people who believe in you are worth 10x more than funding—and they'll make the journey a lot more fun.

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4 min read

In Their Own Words - Women Finding Their Place as Directors

In Their Own Words - Women Finding Their Place as Directors

In a world where female directors are scarce, this sisterhood and creative collective provides more momentum for all of them to make it to the mountain top. And to do it together.

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9 min read

Standing in a Room Naked: Being a Screenwriter Without Representation

Standing in a Room Naked: Being a Screenwriter Without Representation

My answer is a frustrating one, but it is an answer. You must give yourself agency over your work and your career. You must reach out to what’s in your means and take action: make things.

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7 min read

The Making of a Micro-Budget Road Movie - Part 3

The Making of a Micro-Budget Road Movie - Part 3

I didn't want to say it. As I scrambled through my phone looking for photos of Canoe #1 on the roof of the Kia—Did we really not take a photo?

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7 min read

The Chronicle of Cactus Jack: Examining an Indie Film From Inception to Distribution

The Chronicle of Cactus Jack: Examining an Indie Film From Inception to Distribution

As “working screenwriters” who’d already at that point grown terminally ill of the bureaucracy surrounding film productions and the industry in general, we vowed to make this maverick film completely outside of the traditional channels and system.

# Read # Independent # The Business of Art
19 min read

The iPhone Movie Myth

The iPhone Movie Myth

If the film industry was a meritocracy based solely on effort, or finding a way to make something great with limited budgets, Hollywood would look very, very different. But it doesn’t.

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5 min read

Peter Malone Elliott and Alexander Sharp of "Wired Shut"

Peter Malone Elliott and Alexander Sharp of "Wired Shut"

Wired Shut writer/producer, Peter Malone Elliott, and director, Alexander Sharp, discuss the behind-the-scenes details of taking their feature film, from idea to completion.

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1 min read

The Chronicle of 'Cactus Jack': Examining an Indie Film From Inception to Distribution

The Chronicle of 'Cactus Jack': Examining an Indie Film From Inception to Distribution

We were in a position that many of our screenwriter friends were envious of … but we were miserable.

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9 min read
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